Freshman Year

-October: Identify off campus activities to join

-November: Visit local college campus
-December: Create a summer plan

-February: Meet with Dean to discuss next years' courses
-July: Summer camp, volunteer activity, shadow mentor, summer school, etc
-August: Complete summer reading

Sophomore Year

-October: PSAT
-November: Visit local college campus

-December: Create a summer plan

-February: Meet with Dean to discuss next years' courses and review transcript
-July: Summer camp, volunteer activity, shadow mentor, summer school, etc
-August: Complete summer reading

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Junior Year

-September: Attend college fairs
-October: PSAT or SAT
First official college visit
-November: Practice ACT
-December: Review test results and develop a plan for college testing

Create a summer plan (internship, part-time work, summer courses)
-January: Commence preparation for SAT

-February: Commence preparation for ACT

-March: SAT
Visit college campuses
-April: Act

Attend college fairs and Open Houses
Start compiling a preliminary college list

-June-July: Conduct college scholarship search via FASTWEB

Visit college campuses

Develop college list

Review transcript

Pre-college program, internship, part-time work, volunteer activity, etc

-August: Complete your summer reading

Senior Year

-September: Meet with Dean/Counselor to review your college plan
Submit admissions application
Finalize College list
Attend college fairs
-October: Begin completing early college applications

Complete FAFSA

-November: Early Decision-Early Action Deadline
-January: Regular decision deadline

-February: Avoid Senior Slump

-March: Regular decision results to applicants
-April: Admitted students visit colleges
-May: Graduation and National deadline for college enrollment